Are you an Elite?

Day 1,169, 08:18 • Published in USA Ireland • by deadlittlepuppy

Before you answer that question, let's look at what elite means.

Elite: the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.

So are you elite? Are you the best of your class? Maybe you want to know how to become elite?




At it's most basic Erepublik is a social strategy game. It's all about building support around yourself to advance in the game. It could be building your way to a place in congress or all the way to country president. The key is how you build this base of support. Some do it by the cult of personality.



But this rarely results in long term success. Most often it only works until someone with a new better meme comes along.

So what are the keys to long term success in Erep?

1. Learn about the game.

Game mechanics dominate the game, if you don't understand these, you just end up looking stupid. For example, if you want to lower taxes, you better be able to justify your reasoning. You have to understand the impact lower taxes would have on the economy, the military, militias, company owners and purchasing power. Simply screaming "WE WANT LOWER TAXES" does not accomplish anything.

2. Make friends.

The wider your circle of friends you have the farther and faster your message will spread. If you seem to be having trouble making friends, see rule #4.

3. Volunteer for something.

Volunteer as a blocker in elections, get involved in the military or a militia, help out with various government departments, or ask to be an ambassador. There is a huge list of things you can do in erep. This is how you learn how the game works. By doing these things you learn the impact tax changes have, what mpp's with various countries really mean etc.

4. PiginZen has this in his bio.

'This game isn't hard. Rule #1: don't be a dick. Rule #2: follow rule #1."

Put simply, you become elite by making yourself elite. Listen, Learn and make friends. If you are not willing to put in some work to become one of the elite, you have no grounds to complain about the elites in this game.

Here are just a few places you can go to get involved.

Join the Military

http://eusaforums.com/forum/index.php/topic,484.0.html

Join a Militia

http://eusaforums.com/forum/index.php/topic,1487.0.html

Become an ambassador

http://eusaforums.com/forum/index.php/topic,694.0.html

Become an intern in the executive branch

http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/the-great-wave-is-building-mizu-4-potus-1661535/1/20

Most Importantly GET WET!